https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174005 Firing at a public meeting, carried out to eliminate the target and create terror among supporters, was treated as a terrorist act because the statutory focus was the intent to strike terror in a section of the public; the conviction on that count was upheld. The saving clause of the expired temporary anti-terror statute preserved liability and punishment for offences committed during its operation, while the later, more lenient sentencing framework applied to the corresponding offence without offending the constitutional bar on enhanced punishment. The result was reduction of the death sentence to imprisonment for life, with the remaining sentences left intact and concurrent. en-us Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 12:53:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174005 Firing at a public meeting, carried out to eliminate the target and create terror among supporters, was treated as a terrorist act because the statutory focus was the intent to strike terror in a section of the public; the conviction on that count was upheld. The saving clause of the expired temporary anti-terror statute preserved liability and punishment for offences committed during its operation, while the later, more lenient sentencing framework applied to the corresponding offence without offending the constitutional bar on enhanced punishment. The result was reduction of the death sentence to imprisonment for life, with the remaining sentences left intact and concurrent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174005